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No Matter the Complications, Trump Should Sign Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

No Matter the Complications, Trump Should Sign Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
Voters line up at a polling station during district council local elections in Hong Kong, on Nov. 24, 2019. Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Michael Ledeen
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There’s a 30-page bill sitting on President Donald Trump’s desk in the Oval Office, awaiting his signature. It’s called the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, and it puts the United States firmly on the side of greater freedom for the people of Hong Kong.

Michael Ledeen
Michael Ledeen
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Michael Ledeen is freedom scholar at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He has served as a consultant to the National Security Council and the departments of State and Defense, and as a special adviser to the Secretary of State. He is the author of 35 books, most recently “Field of Fight: How to Win the War Against Radical Islam and its Allies,” co-authored with retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn.
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